Wool-waste as organic nutrient source for container-grown plants

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2160-2164

  Zheljazkov, Valtcho D ^a   Stratton, Glenn W ^b   Pincock, James ^b   Butler, Stephanie ^b   Jeliazkova, Ekaterina A ^c   Nedkov, Nedko K ^d   Gerard, Patrick D ^e  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Agricultural Academy   (Bulgaria)

^e CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS; CONTAINER-GROWN PLANTS; DIRECTIONAL GROWTHS; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAYS; GROWTH MEDIUMS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT SOURCES; OCIMUM BASILICUM; ORGANIC NUTRIENTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SPECIES; ROOT EXUDATES; SEM; SEM/EDX; SOIL AMENDMENTS; TOTAL YIELDS; WASTE FIBERS; WOOL WASTES;

CONTAINERS; FIBERS; HARVESTING; NUTRIENTS; PEAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WOOL FIBERS; YARN;

WOOL;

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SULFUR;

COMPOSTING; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXUDATION; HARVESTING; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PEAT; PERLITE; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT VEGETABLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WOOL; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; BASIL; BEET; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DECOMPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; ORGANIC NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT EXUDATE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWISS CHARD; WOOL WASTE;

ANIMALS; BETA VULGARIS; FERTILIZERS; GARDENING; OCIMUM BASILICUM; SHEEP; WASTE PRODUCTS; WOOL;

CONTAINERS; FIBERS; HARVESTING; NUTRIENTS; PEAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WOOL; YARN;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS CICLA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 67349232019     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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